Reviews of true crime, investigative primers, and crime fiction
Reviews
Review: “Those We Thought We Knew,” by David Joy
A small town is shaken by racial turmoil in David Joy’s Those We Thought We Knew. by Abby N. Lewis & Chapter16.org... Read More
Review: “Devil Makes Three,” by Ben Fountain
Blood and Gold: Power, desire, and survival collide in Ben Fountain’s Devil Makes Three. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org Devil Makes... Read More
Review: “I’ll Stop the World”
Time’s Bridge: Teens work against the clock to save lives in a time-twisty murder mystery. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org I’ll Stop the World By Lauren Thoman. Mindy’s Book Studio. 446 pages. $28.99. Justin Warren, the protagonist of Nashville writer Lauren... Read More
Review: “He Called Me Sister”
Ministering to the Least of These: A family learns about grace from a death row prisoner. by Jim Patterson & Chapter16.org... Read More
Review & Interview: “Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System”
M. Chris Fabricant, an Innocence Project attorney, has written a damning indictment of how bite mark evidence and other debunked... Read More
Review: “It’s One of Us,” by J.T. Ellison
Heartbreak and Betrayal: J.T. Ellison pens a deeply personal, compelling thriller with It’s One of Us. by G. Robert Frazier & Chapter16.org It’s One of Us By J.T. Ellison. Mira, 400 pages. $27.99. Nashville author J.T. Ellison has written her most... Read More
Review: “Decent People,” by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Strange and Evil: De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s Decent People uncovers troubling secrets in small-town North Carolina. by Sean Kinch & Chapter16.org Decent... Read More
Of Blood and Darkness: Two New Titles by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy returns with The Passenger and Stella Maris, in quick succession. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org The Passenger By Cormac... Read More